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Greetings, Wurmians!
It’s been a bit of a rough week here for the Wurm community. We’re all still a bit shaken by the news of Tich’s passing, but it’s been incredibly amazing to read all the kind words and to see so many people coming back from long absences to share their stories and experiences. Realising how much Tich touched players’ experiences throughout the years is heartwarming, to say the least. This week’s news is understandably on the lighter side, new-content-wise, but first…
Patch Notes
Fish for Tich
As previously mentioned, a commemorative statue will be added to the game for our dear friend and developer, Tich. The statue of Tich’s character fishing will be craftable and should be coming soon in a future update.
Tich’s last major project was a massive overhaul to the fishing system, which the developer team plans on continuing and releasing in Tich’s honor. It's a huge system that has Tich's usual level of depth, and it'll be a lot of fun hanging out in a boat with a friend! We currently have no ETA on this update, which is why it was not announced earlier, but we will share more information as the time comes for public testing and release.
Goodbye Halloween
It’s been a great load of fun with the new masks and witches hat added, with hunters on all servers thinning the population of mobs. It was awesome to see everyone travelling and seeing what they could get, it’ll definitely be a system we have to use again in future events!
Over the Hedge
Continuing his work to beautify Wurm, Saroman has a new Oleander hedge model coming soon.
I foresee a lot of replanting on a deed, some poor padre will be quite feisty during this
Also, based on feedback, the new Camellia hedge model will be tweaked in size, as it is currently a bit shorter than the original model was. The updated model will be raised slightly to match the height of other medium-sized hedges and fences for consistency’s sake.
Horsing Around
The results are in! As per The Great Horse Color Poll of 2018, the five new horse colors that will be added to Wurm Online are: (drumroll please!)
5th place: Chestnut, with 84 votes
4th place: Blanket Appaloosa, with 109 votes
3rd place: Gold Buckskin, with 110 votes
2nd place: Skewbald Pinto, with 121 votes
1st place: Black Silver, with 130 votes
Unfortunately, Dapple grey did not make the cut. #BlamePing
Thank you again, Malena, for your work on these new textures! We cannot wait to see the final results.
Lunalong
Be sure to stop by Dracaa’s first ever Lunalong, November 11th-17th, at the deed Kappa on Xanadu! The host deed looks like a beautiful location for an impalong, and Dracaa seems to have a few fun activities planned for the event! I will definitely have to check it out next week and bring some of my own shenanigans along.
Community Content
With the passing of Tich, several stories and memories have resurfaced. Here are a few of our favorites:
Tich as a dentist:
Attack of the sharks:
Tich builds a boat:
On behalf of the entire developer team, we’d like to thank you all for your condolences and well-wishes. The coming days won’t be easy as we navigate the hole Tich left in our team, but with the spirit of the Wurm Online community, we know we can make it through. We hope each and every one of you knows how special your words are to all of us.
Thank you for your support. Keep on Wurming!
Retrograde and The Wurm Team

Greetings, Wurmians!
What a fortnight! We've been hard at work with the big things coming in the next update. A huge update planned before Christmas! This update will include the priest overhaul, the fishing update, and a whole lot more, so let's see what it is!
Consider Us Inspired!
There was quite the response to our recent “You Have a Moment of Inspiration…” contest. With all of you taking the time to share your inspiration in the game, it really showed that everyone plays Wurm for their own unique reasons, and that inspires us! There are so many different play styles in Wurm Online, and this contest served as a perfect example of how differently everyone in our community enjoys the game.
We had such a hard time choosing winners that we’ve decided to reward everyone who submitted entries with a coupon for 2 sleep powders each. Be sure to check your forum PMs if you entered for your coupon code.
Now, for our winners…
In 3rd place, receiving a rare strange bone… Koreal, who shared a spooky story of a dark castle in Wurm.
In 2nd place, also receiving a rare strange bone… Champagnedragon, who is inspired by shaping the land and seeing their ideas come to life, as well as traveling Wurm to enjoy the beautiful views.
And in 1st place, receiving a supreme strange bone… Fabricant! Who is inspired by… Well, we don’t know what he’s inspired by, exactly… But it was sure unique, with each picture having us laughing for ages!
Congratulations to all, and thank you once again to everyone who participated! Keep on the lookout for more contests in the future.
Here, Fishy Fishy
As we’ve discussed before, the next big update will include Tich’s major fishing overhaul. Tonight, I was a guest on Emoo’s stream as he joined us on our super secret dev test server, home of our 50 speed scorpion testing track, and a nice big lake to showcase a bit of the fishing system live. You can check out all the discussion and fun here:
There's a lot to unpack in all this, namely rods now contain choice of reel, line, hook, float and bait! Each impacts your chances of catching different fish, along with different zones to fish in, and time of day changing what's around too! It's a hugely in depth system with lots of customiation and that usual depth Tich's updates always had. It's been an honour to be able to finish it and have it out, and we hope everyone is looking forward to it too!
Xanalag-a-bit-less
These past few weeks, we have been quietly working on additional optimization for the servers with a focus on improving performance. The most noticeable change will be on Xanadu, where we have been prioritizing our testing. We’ll continue to work on improvements with the lag, but have already made significant back-end advancements. Please note that this is not in relation to specific lag spikes, but to general performance all day round.
You Can Tap Dance if You Want To
Coming up next in the starter deed redesigns will be Celebration’s Tap Dance! As usual, we are seeking design concepts to be voted on. For the full details including a deedplanner file of the current deed, please visit the thread here:
Submissions will close and voting will open with the next (standard) Valrei International, so get planning!
Chain My Heart
Another long requested feature in PvP is the reintroduction of a tower chaining system, so guess what’s coming!
We’ll be introducing a system that requires chaining towers and influence between the PMK capital and outlying deeds in order to avoid penalties.
This system will change how towers and influence currently work by a huge amount, including removing the ability to capture towers, and require demolishing and rebuilding.
Linked deeds will get certain bonuses, with unlinked deeds taking penalties over time. Unlinked towers will also be easier to bash so establishing and maintaining those links will be vital to success!
There is more in the works with this system, and we’ll go into depth more before the big update so everyone is aware of what’s coming.
Haven’s Whispers
Many rumors abound about the purpose of Haven’s Landing, with rumours of creatures hopping about, and groans of the CRC being heard all around. Imagine that! All some a little bit will be shared this weekend with the Factional Fight brothers on their stream. Can you guess what it’s for?
Community Content
Shrimpiie’s Shrimpalong Shrimp-travaganza of Shrimp and Fun (aka the Blackmoor Christmas Impalong) is on again this year! Starting December 7th and running through the 16th, this year’s impalong seems to be shaping up into a huge event with a ton of things that you won’t want to miss! Be sure to come along and take part in the fun. We’ll be there to crush, kill, and maim anyone we can with our crazy spawns… so the more, the merrier!
That’s it for this week! We’ll see you next Valrei International (or sooner) with some more exciting news. Until then, though, keep on Wurming!
Retrograde and The Wurm Team

I love how the single stairs left or right saves on tile space, but why is there no option to build a half fence or a wall with a single door left/right? Doors, double or single do not match up with the stairs so you pretty much have no other choice but to go with a arch or no wall at all.
Please add a option for single doors left or right in addition` to the existing single door centered option!

Hello All,
I'm currently attempting to configure a way to inject the commandline/startup variables directly into the JVM instead of opening the Serverlauncher.exe when hosting a Wurm unlimited server, I was wondering what .jar file(s) I would need to tell the JVM to load/start from in order to make this happen, if it is feasible.
If it's not as simple as -d64 -server -jar C:\\directorytomygame.jar Xmx 123 Xms 135 etc etc, how would I go about doing this?
Any and all help is appreciated, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
-Globbin